From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com@nanog.org Fri Jan 22 21:16:53 201G Subject: Re: Anyone see a game changer here? From: Steven Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:16:03 -0500 To: Bruce Williams <williams.bruce@gmail.com> Cc: nanog@nanog.org

On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Bruce Williams wrote:

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The problem with IE is the same problem as Windows, the basic design is fundementally insecure and "timely updates" can't fix that.

You do realize, of course, that IE is recording less than half the = security flaw rate of Firefox? (See = http://prosecure.netgear.com/community/security-blog/2009/11/web-browser-v= ulnerability-report---firefox-leads-the-pack-at-44.php)

"The number of discovered bugs in any application is finite. The number of _undiscovered_ bugs in that same application, is, by definition, infinite." "Statistics don't lie, but...." *GRIN*